David Matteson
Cinematographer / Producer / Sound Designer

Born and raised in Phoenix Arizona, David has been working with the arts and film since he was a kid. His parents bought him his first video camera when he was 8 years old and he quickly began filming everything in sight. 12 years later David met fellow filmmaker Hayden Blades and the duo produced their first short film together titled Good Things. David, still in love with the camera, continued to film whenever possible. Several projects followed, and in 2006 they released their film "The Heaviness of Here", which won the award for Best Cinematography.

David and Hayden joined the crew of Stephen Krystek's "Not Quite Dead" as camera operators. Steve, Hayden, and David found they worked so well together and had such a great time on their first film that they decided to form SyntheticHuman Pictures in 2006. The crew filmed "Tip Jar" in 2007 on a skeleton crew, which was followed by "Drain" later that year. As the films kept building so did the team. The crew won Best Picture for Drain in 2008. With nearly a dozen films behind them, and nationwide theatrical screenings, David continues to be the eye behind the lens for SyntheticHuman.

David's filmmaking interests lie behind the camera, but he works as a writer, co-director, sound engineer, music composer, and several other post-production positions. He also is active in Arizona's local arts and music scene, working with Sonik, and ProVoke magazines, as well as working as a graphic and multimedia designer.

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